The National Fire Heritage Center exists to preserve, protect and increase the utilization of contributors to the body of knowledge of the American Fire Protection Services and Allied Disciplines through identification, acquisition preservation, conservation, and restoration. The NFHC is an IRS 501c3 non-profit organization incorporated in Emmitsburg, Maryland. It is ideally located near the outstanding resources of the United States Fire Administration and its National Fire Academy, the National Fire Data Center, and National Fire Programs, the Learning Resources Center, the Emergency Management Institute, and the National Fallen Firefighters Memorial. The primary purpose of the NFHC is to help save important historical written work related to America’s fire services and fire protection disciplines. This effort enhances the current initiatives of fire museums that hold 3-dimensional artifacts such as fire apparatus and equipment and fire libraries that keep written works, not necessarily historical writings. The unfortunate reality is that much-written material is discarded due to space or storage limitations. The NFHC preserves and protects unique collections for use by local, state, and national groups; fire departments; fire-related businesses; fire buffs; active and retired individuals; and their families; students; and researchers in the field. The NFHC is committed to the preservation of ideas of individuals, literature concerning the history of the American Fire Service, original work, and draft by writers and authors that reflect idea development, conservation of oral history, and the legacy of individual contributors to the profession.